Garage door guides



April 19, 1955 D, EVANS 2,706,462

GARAGE DOOR GUIDES Filed Oct. 5, 1953 INVENTOR. DW/GHT J Ema/v5 A 7Toe/v5 Y United States Patent "i M31222:

upper end 19 of the rod body 16 is a round resilient ball 20 which isfixed thereon.

In use, a pair of the door guides 10 are mounted one 2,706,462 5 p neach slige of the giaragebdialorlclasing 1g asdshowg in ig. 1. e intermeiate a s may e a juste to GARAGE DOOR GUIDES an appropriate heightdepending on the proportions of the automobile used in said garage. Theuser watches Dwight Evans Milwaukee the upper ball 20 and may thus notecontact of the car A 1' ti 0 t b s 1953 s 1N .384118 body with thedevicepp on c 0 er ma 0 It will be understood that the device is capableof 2 Claims. (Cl. 116-28) many modifications in structure and design,without departing from the spirit of the invention, within the scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed This inventionrelates to improvements in garage door and desired to be secured byLetters Patent of the United guides, and more particularly to a novelgarage door States, is;

guide adapted for attachment to a garage door casing. 1. A garage doorguide comprising a return bend An object of the invention is to providea device of bracket portion, washer means, threaded means for enthe typewhich will guide the user in entering or leaving gaging through saidwashers to secure said bracket to a garage with an automobile. a garagedoor casing, an ofiset vertical spring rod body Another object of theinvention is to provide a device integral with said bracket portion, andresilient ball of the type which will have contact means thereon ofmeans slideable on said rod portion adapted to intercept a resilientcharacter which will obviate marring the a prominent lateral part of anauto body or bumper and finish of an automobile. a signal element at thetop end of said rod portion.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear 2. A garage doorguide comprising a hairpin bend as the description proceeds, referencebeing had to the rod bracket portion adapted for attachment to averaccompanying drawing, in which: tical surface, an integral ofisetvertical spring rod body Fig. 1 is a fr n w in elevation of a garage d rportion adapted to extend upwardly parallel to the surcasi g q pp with ap of garage door g i mface of bracket attachment, a resilient ballhaving a bodying the invention. diametrical bore slideable medially onsaid rod portion Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the guides.adjustable for interception of prominent lateral portions 3 is a P Viewof a guide illustrating h of an auto body, and a solid resilient ballimpaled on n o attachment of the same to the door caslngthe top of saidrod for indicating contact of an auto- Referring more particularly tothe drawings, the nubil ith id guide,

meral 10 designates the device generally, comprising a hairpin bracketrlalortignd 11 nonilsally attached (vlvith References Cited in the fileof this patent washers 12 an rea e means to a garage oor casing 14. Thebracket 11 has an integral horizontal UNITED STATES PATENTS portion 15merging into the vertical rod body portion 1,981,188 Pavitt Nov. 20,1934 16 of the guide. A resilient ball 17 is held on the rod 4 2,122,253Humphreys June 28, 1938 body 16 which passes through a central apertureat 18 2,569,529 Kirk Oct. 2, 1951 thereof. The ball 17 is held with asliding fit. At the

